~With Rose~

Waking up with something wet touching my face. *What the* slowly opening my eyes to see Bella's goofy face as her tail wags fast and begins licking me again. "Haha…alright, I'm up," pushing her back as I push myself up. Looking to my sides, Harry and Lily were still sleeping soundly while Ludwig lifted his head at my movement.

Crawling out of the fort *What time is it?* standing, I look to the clock showing its 8:30 *Not too bad* stretching my arms with Ludwig and Bella at my feet. "Geez, okay, okay, let's go, guys," softly answered the eager pups as I made my way to let them out.

With the door open, the pups bolted outside "Crazies," muttering as I moved to go start breakfast. Opening the fridge, I look at what it contains. "Well enough in here to make some omelets, but going to need to go food shopping today…wonder if Haruhi wants to join me?" as I grab my items for the meal.

Placing them on the counter, I move from cabinet to cabinet, gathering all the other items I need. Soon I begin cracking eggs into a big bowl while humming a slow tune.

~With Harry~

Opening my eyes, I see Lily across from me sleeping soundly *She could sleep through a storm* noticing Rose was missing. Crawling out, I saw the clock at 8:45, then covered my mouth with a giant yawn escaping *I heard sis fighting with someone last night…she sounded distraught* grimacing as I left to find her.

Peeking in the kitchen, I see Rose making breakfast in front of the stove with the table set up. Keeping quiet, I could hear her humming a slow, sad melody to herself. Rose's face looked very focused, but in truth, she seemed somewhat distracted *Most likely from last night's events* frowning as I watched her.

Rose turned off the stove the turned around to face me. Her eyes blinked in surprise as she broke out into a smile "Harry!" with her tone holding its normal brightness as if nothing terrible had happened last night.

~With Rose~

Turning off the stove, I turned around, about to put breakfast on the table, to see Harry standing in the doorway. *Right, they don't know what went down last night… let's keep it that way* blinking at him, "Harry!" as I broke out into a smile.

Walking to the table, "Hey, their sleepyhead! Love the bed head, by the way, it is fitting…so didn't have much in the fridge, so breakfast is omelets with toast and fruit" placing the last of the food down. Harry blushed as he tried to tame his wild hair while moving to take a seat.

Laughing at his attempt to keep cool *Sadly in this family, we all have our dorkiness* smiling as I took my spot. Sounds of feet entering the room caused us to see Lily standing there rubbing her eyes with hair wilder than Harry's.

"Morning, Sunshine! It looks like you slept well…" grinning as a big yawn escaped from Lil,y who gave a lazy smile after. "Yeah…but I smelt food cooking, so as much as I was comfy in bed, food sounds better" Lily climbed into a chair at the table.

Clapping my hands together, "All right, let's dig in, then we can go get ready for the day ahead…" beginning to place food on my plate. Harry and Lily followed as we made our dishes and chattered about whatever came to mind.

~Fast Forward~

"Come on, guys! James will be here any minute!" I yelled up the stairs as I moved to place their bags by the front door. Making a quick stop in the living room, I scanned the area to ensure nothing was forgotten. *Need to move the furniture back in place, but that could be done later* pulling out my phone, I sent a quick text to Haruhi.

Rose:

Hey! I need to go to the market, want to meet up and go together? :D

Haruhi:

Sure was just heading there anyways. Where do you want to meet up?

Rose:

How about in front of that one shopping area we used to go to…do you still go to that one?

Haruhi:

Yep, still the same one. See you in a few.

Smiling, I tucked my phone in my pocket as the doorbell went off. "James is here!" followed by a stampede from above. Chuckling, I headed to the door, opening to see a familiar face. "Hey, James! Right on time," causing him to smile, "I assume that they are ready," giving me a knowing look while entering.

"Pretty much they should be…" as Lily and Harry came flying down the stairs with such speed, causing them to collide into me.

"Ahhh!" the three of us screamed as we tumbled to the ground, all while James moved to the side. Groaning on my back with Lily and Harry laying on my stomach, "Owww, why me!"

Opening my eyes, I see the kids looking straight at me with worry. Lily was the first to break into giggles, then Harry and I followed.

The three of us were on the floor in laughter as James shook his head with a small smile. Harry and Lily climb off me while I push myself into a sitting position smiling to James, "Nothing boring ever goes on around here now" with a mischievous glint.

James reached his hand down to help pull me up. "Yes, it does always seems that way, Miss Rose," with a knowing voice while directing the kids out and grabbing their bags before following them out the door.

Jogging over to where my bag lay, I threw a strap over my shoulder before heading out the door also. Locking the door, I headed down the path seeing James just about to leave with the kids. Waving to the car, I ran in the opposite direction to meet Haruhi to get some food.

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